C & C needed on a new background

[mouthuvmine]

I didn't intend to, but I did the only two backgrounds with little or no walkable area first. Everyone was so helpful with the first, and I think I applied a lot what I picked up here.

This background is INTENTIONALLY oversized a bit, so I am aware of that. The only thing that imediately jumps out at me is the shadows, but when I went back over them they came out almost the same. Are they right and I'm just being hard on myself?

Anything else I'm oblivious to?





EDIT: Now that I look at it, I feel the need to explain the room size... It's the principal's office at the guys high school, and the principal is a little guy with big complex. I'm thinking about making his little feet hang from the chair.

[Peter Bear]

you should have darkened the shadows more, they are quite "not visible" , to my p o v

Maybe orange wasnt a good taste choice for the wall colors, but, that's ok ... I can happen, everyone has different tastes

Last thing, some parts look really detailed like the bookstand, the "ideas" box, etc , some over parts looks more blurrish ( blurry ? ) or inachieved, like the top of the desk, the metallic cabinets too ... or I feel like that because of the lightings, I dont know, do you see what I mean.


And for the character : IT S ALIVE ALIVEEEEE ( talking of the foot :p )

edit : french word instead english sorry ;p

[mouthuvmine]

Thus far I have...

1) Darkened shadows
2)Added a little desktop mess, while trying not to just add junk.
3)Added shading under the desk.
4)Lightened the chair color a tad. It looked like a big hole in the wall.
5)Fixed the shadow cast by the chair.

[Oddysseus]

Hey, glad to see you're still working on this.  I quite liked that last background you posted. You have a unique cartoony style that's very interesting.

Anyway, this looks good, but the chair's shadow was bugging me.



That's more realistic, I think.  Keep up the good work.

[mouthuvmine]

EDIT : [:::MEH:::]

[tube]

I'd say this background is ready if you're satisfied with it. But if you want more suggestions, here's a couple of nitpicks:

- The door frame positively glows. It's so bright white it almost hurts my eyes. Could you tone it down somehow? Would the yellowish color of the desktop calendar fit the room better?
- The bottom of the topmost shelf and the top edge of the case should not be visible. Just compare them to the perspective of the door frame.
- The inner walls of the book case are lit too brightly. At least the right and top edges shouldn't get that much light (well, as I said the top shouldn't be visible at all).
- The shelves are not symmetric. They extend all the way to the left edge of the book case but there's a one pixel gap on the right. It's like the right end was set deeper in the frame.

[Tuomas]

The chair looks a bit impossible. First of all, there's usually a level part where you sit on, and then the back of it. Your's looks a bit like a sausage, and one unbalanced at that. Just a remark...

[mouthuvmine]

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Okay. I think I fixed everything that I agreed with, OTHER THAN Tuomas' thoughts on the chair. I do see what you're saying, and I agree, but for this particular case, I'm going to leave it for the arts' sake. It will work within the context. All the same, I hadn't reallized how funny it looked by itself, so thanks for pointing it out.